How Secure are our Computer Systems Courses?
Majed Almansoori, Jessica Lam, Elias Fang, Kieran Mulligan, Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj, Rahul Chatterjee · 2020
Introductory computer systems courses teach students how a single program is executed inside a computer, providing them with their first exposure to the logical internals of computing systems. This is one of the first introductory courses where students can learn about security and the need for robust coding. However, currently, these courses are taught with a focus on functionality and efficiency only, ignoring security almost entirely.